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The panel is <a href=\"https:\/\/valdaiclub.com\/events\/posts\/articles\/programme-of-the-22nd-annual-meeting-of-the-valdai-discussion-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">session 4<\/a> with the title \u201cThe Will of the People and What Is to Be Done About it? The Fate of Democracy in a World of Manipulation\u201d. Hira&#8217;s contribution is titled: Decolonizing Western liberal democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The panel deals with the following topic. The deeper the transformation of states in the new conditions, the more important is the trust of societies and the legitimacy of their policies. However, classical democratic mechanisms do not work as before \u2013 they are too manipulative in relation to public opinion and the ability to create political \u201cmultiverses&#8221;. How to ensure the fulfillment of the will of the people, while maintaining manageability and avoiding external influence?<\/p>\n<p>Other speakers at the panel are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zaid Eyadat,Professor of Political Science, The University of Jordan<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Filippov,Laboratory Head, Centre for Fundamental Sociology, HSE University<\/li>\n<li>Mi\u0161a \u0110urkovi\u0107,Principal Research Fellow, Institute of European Studies<\/li>\n<li>Godwin Gonde,Lecturer at Dr Salim Ahmed Salim Centre for Foreign Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East Africa Cooperation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The moderator is Mohammad Marandi, Professor at the University of Tehran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandew Hira will speak at a panel at the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi Russia. 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